Genealogy Harssema » Marvin James NIENHUIS (1917-1982)

Birthday March 15, 1917

• The temperature on March 15, 1917 was between -2.4 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo († 2001)
• 1916 » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot († 2009)
• 1916 » Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor († 1983)
• 1918 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1918 » Richard Ellmann, American author and critic († 1987)
• 1919 » Lawrence Tierney, American actor († 2002)